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534. Air Travel Is a Miracle. Why Do We Hate It?

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Reactants and Habituation

Reactants is defined as an unpleasant motivational arousal to the loss of freedoms. The other psychological phenomenon that might explain our hatred of air travel is habituation. This means that when you get used to something, it has less effect on you over time. Habituation in general can have some upsides: It means we're all constantly pushing for more and better.

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